It looks like Oprah is afraid to have Sarah Palin on her show

[jtyangel]

I agree with Oprah 100%. No amount of Republican hate will change her mind. OPRAH IS RIGHT, she should not allow her show to be used be politicians in the middle of a campaign. If Ms. Wasilla does not want to be on the show once the election is over, she would have been exposed as an opportunist.

Liberals "debate and disagree" while Republicans "hate".  Nope.  No anger there...

Not to mention the fact that she already used it during campaigning to prop a candidate up over another or did I miss the part where she had Obama on a couple years ago prior to all this? hmmm

[jtyangel]

Big surprise! I never liked Oprah. Always saw her for the racist, liberal hypocrite that she is and was.

Aw c'mon cupcake! You don't like the 1 hour male hatefest she puts together every afternoon?

I tried to like her, I really did. I tried being a 'good female' and listening to her crap, but alas, that's all it was was crap and I don't suffer crap lightly.

[Lauri]

I agree with Oprah 100%. No amount of Republican hate will change her mind. OPRAH IS RIGHT, she should not allow her show to be used be politicians in the middle of a campaign. If Ms. Wasilla does not want to be on the show once the election is over, she would have been exposed as an opportunist.

Liberals "debate and disagree" while Republicans "hate".  Nope.  No anger there...

Not to mention the fact that she already used it during campaigning to prop a candidate up over another or did I miss the part where she had Obama on a couple years ago prior to all this? hmmm

she not only had him on her show for an hour, she invited all her super wealthy friends to her place in california to financially support his candidacy.
remember that story about people being asked to take their shoes off on her lawn? and then she stayed inside and didnt mingle? 

[jtyangel]

I'm not sure what the big deal is about this.   She's a private citizen.  She's an entertainer, not a news network.   She's never claimed to be anything but an Obama supporter.

It's probably a stupid business decision on her part, but it's her business.  Based on its success it can probably absorb a stupid decision or two, here and there.

Oh of course, she can do whatever she wants. My statement was to the fact that as another private citizen she continues to validate my impression of her starting about 8 or 9 years ago or so.

yup. and of course, Oprah is not a serious news journalist, but she has fashioned herself as a 'woman's woman' who cares about elevating ALL of us, not just liberals.

i think she has hurt her brand pretty significantly .. and the comments on her site, and all the articles about this the past 24 hours have been pretty scathing towards her. she has gotten to where she is because of monied white women, as well as monied black women. to be so blatant in her disregard over politics just shows how petty and partisan she really is.

She took it for granted that her viewers would take her word on everything. Sorry, Oprah...a book or two in a 'book club' and hawking of your favorite nightstand and diet don't equate to the kind of serious stuff people really care about. I'm actually heartened that people who watch her have more depth and just were exploring banal interests via the show. I have a little more faith in my own gender seeing the comments on Oprah's site.

[tuolumnejim]

Greta Van Susteren on FOX just put a poll up asking "Is Oprah being honest about why she is not having Governor Palin on her show?"

Here's your screencap. 

[Lauri]

I'm not sure what the big deal is about this.   She's a private citizen.  She's an entertainer, not a news network.   She's never claimed to be anything but an Obama supporter.

It's probably a stupid business decision on her part, but it's her business.  Based on its success it can probably absorb a stupid decision or two, here and there.

Oh of course, she can do whatever she wants. My statement was to the fact that as another private citizen she continues to validate my impression of her starting about 8 or 9 years ago or so.

yup. and of course, Oprah is not a serious news journalist, but she has fashioned herself as a 'woman's woman' who cares about elevating ALL of us, not just liberals.

i think she has hurt her brand pretty significantly .. and the comments on her site, and all the articles about this the past 24 hours have been pretty scathing towards her. she has gotten to where she is because of monied white women, as well as monied black women. to be so blatant in her disregard over politics just shows how petty and partisan she really is.

She took it for granted that her viewers would take her word on everything. Sorry, Oprah...a book or two in a 'book club' and hawking of your favorite nightstand and diet don't equate to the kind of serious stuff people really care about. I'm actually heartened that people who watch her have more depth and just were exploring banal interests via the show. I have a little more faith in my own gender seeing the comments on Oprah's site.

Oprah has certainly cornered a certain upwardly mobile type of woman, but human beings are so much more diverse than even she is.. i think part of the anger comes from people realizing she really isnt any better or more enlightened than the masses.

she probably should have retired a couple of years ago at the heighth of her show - rather than having all this blowback about her personal opinions. she should have noticed that hollywood players who voice their political opinions as if they matter more than any other American typically get smacked down pretty hard and I dont care how much money she has, Oprah is no different than any other half wit hollywood celebrity.

[Atomic Lib Smasher]

"There has been absolutely no discussion about having Sarah Palin on my show. At the beginning of this presidential campaign when I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not to use my show as a platform for any of the candidates. I agree that Sarah Palin would be a fantastic interview, and I would love to have her on after the campaign is over."

Not use her show as a platform for any of the candidates??? Bullshit. What the hell was she going around with the Obamessiah for? That and having Obama and his less than fetching wife on her piss poor excuse for a show too but not Sarah Palin. Oh well... Sarah doesn't need Oprahlasism... she's doing just fine on her own.

[Lauri]

Greta Van Susteren on FOX just put a poll up asking "Is Oprah being honest about why she is not having Governor Palin on her show?"

Here's your screencap. 

hey we saw that !

and voted in it (me and the husband) there were literally less than 200 people who had voted less than five minutes ago.

[Lauri]

its still ramping up with over 90% saying "no"

Total Votes: 33,674

wow... thats going fast. but greta did say she'd give the final count at the end of her show.

[Airwolf]

I'm not sure what the big deal is about this.   She's a private citizen.  She's an entertainer, not a news network.   She's never claimed to be anything but an Obama supporter.

It's probably a stupid business decision on her part, but it's her business.  Based on its success it can probably absorb a stupid decision or two, here and there.

Oh of course, she can do whatever she wants. My statement was to the fact that as another private citizen she continues to validate my impression of her starting about 8 or 9 years ago or so.

yup. and of course, Oprah is not a serious news journalist, but she has fashioned herself as a 'woman's woman' who cares about elevating ALL of us, not just liberals.

i think she has hurt her brand pretty significantly .. and the comments on her site, and all the articles about this the past 24 hours have been pretty scathing towards her. she has gotten to where she is because of monied white women, as well as monied black women. to be so blatant in her disregard over politics just shows how petty and partisan she really is.

It may come as a surprise but Oprahs career as a journalist was a failure. Paul Harvey or someone did a bit on the radio about her and untill she switched to doing something other then the news she was a nobody.

[Lauri]

I'm not sure what the big deal is about this.   She's a private citizen.  She's an entertainer, not a news network.   She's never claimed to be anything but an Obama supporter.

It's probably a stupid business decision on her part, but it's her business.  Based on its success it can probably absorb a stupid decision or two, here and there.

Oh of course, she can do whatever she wants. My statement was to the fact that as another private citizen she continues to validate my impression of her starting about 8 or 9 years ago or so.

yup. and of course, Oprah is not a serious news journalist, but she has fashioned herself as a 'woman's woman' who cares about elevating ALL of us, not just liberals.

i think she has hurt her brand pretty significantly .. and the comments on her site, and all the articles about this the past 24 hours have been pretty scathing towards her. she has gotten to where she is because of monied white women, as well as monied black women. to be so blatant in her disregard over politics just shows how petty and partisan she really is.

It may come as a surprise but Oprahs career as a journalist was a failure. Paul Harvey or someone did a bit on the radio about her and untill she switched to doing something other then the news she was a nobody.

yeah, she started out trying to be Barbra Walters, or Mary Tyler Moore's fictional character, Mary Richards. But it didnt go anywhere ... I dont begrudge her the money or her fame - I'm just glad her hypocrisy is on full display. Finally.

[Hawkgirl]

Oprah will be remembered as a hypocrit (like most libs).
A woman who spent decades empowering woman, turned her back to the two leading women who might have achieved the highest office in the country.  Senator Clinton and now Governor Palin.

Bros before Ho's indeed.

I was never an Oprah fan and I will enjoy watching her downfall.

[Baruch Menachem]

I think the media is getting the message that being mean to Sarah is very expensive stupidity.

[GOBUCKS]

The fact that Palin will not appear on Oprah's show proves what we suspected all along.
She isn't colored.

[Baruch Menachem]

Oprah can change her mind.  I am sure they can find one day out of the next 55 they can squeeze her in after all.

[debk]

Oprah can change her mind.  I am sure they can find one day out of the next 55 they can squeeze her in after all.

You're assuming that Sarah Palin will want to go on Oprah's show. 

[Lauri]

Oprah can change her mind.  I am sure they can find one day out of the next 55 they can squeeze her in after all.

You're assuming that Sarah Palin will want to go on Oprah's show. 

which is the funny part, Sarah Palin probably never gave it a thought. it was the Oprah Show that decided they were going to support Obama and no one else.

it was never supposed to be talked about in the public square though..

[Ptarmigan]

Oprah had her days. She is being replaced by people like Tyra.

[Lauri]

a new list just came out of the "most generous' celebrities... Oprah tops the list 

[Starring Emma]